though Josephus may exaggerate, what he says is certainty “that there was no town, Greek or not Greek, where the custom of observing the seventh day had not spread.” 56 Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, p. 118, note. 57 In Singalese Wednesday is Badâ, in Tamil Budau. See Kennet, in _Indian Antiquary_, 1874, p. 90; D’Alwis, _Journal of Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society_, 1870, p. 17. 58 Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, p. 276. _ 59 Ibid._ p. 151. _ 60 Ibid._ p. 120. 61 Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, pp. 137-148. _ 62 Ibid._ p. 126. Oski in Icelandic, the god Wish, one of the names of the highest god. 63 Tacit. _Hist._ iv. 64: “Communibus Diis et præcipuo Deorum Marti grates agimus.” 64 Grimm, _l. c._ p. 148. 65 P. 125. “Pour quiconque s’est occupé d’études philologiques, Jéhova dérivé de Zeus est facile à admettre.” 66 Stanislas Julien, _Le Livre de la Voie et de la Vertu_. Paris, 1842, p. iv. 67 Montucci, _De studiis sinicis_. Berolini, 1808. 68 See W. E. A. Axon’s “The Future of the English Language,” the “Almanach de Gotha,” and De Candolle’s “Histoire des Sciences,” 1873. 69 The pronoun _it_ woz speld in eight diferent wayz bei Tyndale th[p]s, _hyt_, _hytt_, _hit_, _hitt_, _it_, _itt_, _yt_, _ytt_. Another author speld _tongue_ in the folowing wayz: _tung, tong, tunge, tonge, tounge_. The w[p]rd _head_ woz vario[p]sli speld _hed_, _heede_, _hede_, _hefode_. The spelingz _obay_, _survay_, _pray_, _vail_, _vain_, ar often uzed for _obey_, _survey_, _prey_, _veil_, _vein_. 70 Popular Education—A Revision of English Spelling a National Necessity. By E. Jones, B.A. London, 1875. 71 “Rig-Veda-Prâti_s_âkhya, Das älteste Lehrbuch der Vedischen Phonetik, Sanskrit Text, mit Übersetzung und Anmerkungen, herausgegeben,” von F. Max Müller, Leipzig, 1869. 72 Beal, _Travels of Buddhist Pilgrims_, Introd. p. xxi.; _Chinese Repository_, vol. x. No. 3, March, 1841. 73 See an account of the Introduction of Buddhism into China, in _Journal Asiatique_, 1856, August, p. 105. _Recherches sur l’origine des ordres religieux dans l’empire chinois_, par Bazin. 74 Stan. Julien, _Pèlerins Bouddhistes_, vol. i. p. 296. 75 Dr. Edkins in his Notices of Buddhism in China (which unfortunately are not paged) says that Indians arrived at the capital of China in Shensi in 217 B. C. to propagate their religion. 76 Dr. Edkins, _l. c._, states that _K_ang-_kh_ien, on his return from the country of the Getæ, informed the Emperor Wu-ti that he had seen articles of traffic from Shindo. The commentator adds that the name is pronounced Kando and Tindo, and that it is the country of the barbarians called Buddha (_sic_). 77 Kabul or Ko-fu is, in the Eastern Han annals, called a state of the Yüeh-_k_i.